The information here is for general guidance as the courts do not provide legal advice. If you need further help, you may want to get independent legal advice.
Find out moreIf all parties to the appeal consent to the intended withdrawal of the appeal, you must file a document signifying such consent signed by the parties or by their lawyers. Upon the filing of that document, the appeal is deemed withdrawn. If all the parties to the appeal consent to the payment of the security for costs to the appellant or the respondent (as the case may be), the appellant or the respondent (as the case may be) must file the document signifying such consent signed by the parties and in such event, the security for costs must be paid to the appellant or the respondent (as the case may be) and any solicitor’s undertaking is discharged.
If there are outstanding issues relating to costs or other matters, the appellant or any other party to the appeal may make a written request to the appellate court for directions on those issues.
If there is no consent between the parties as to the payment of the security for costs, parties may make a written request to the appellate court for directions on the disposal of the security for costs.
If costs have been awarded against you, the deposit will go towards the amount of costs that have been awarded against you.
You must file the following documents within 1 month of the service of the appellant’s Case.
Respondent’s Case (including any bundle of authorities) | Please note that there is a prescribed page limit of 50 pages for the respondent’s Case.
The respondent’s Case must contain certain information (refer to Order 56A Rule 9(4)(b) and Order 57 Rule 9A(3)(b) of the revoked Rules of Court (as in force immediately before 1 April 2022)). For example, it should contain:
The estimated fee for the filing of a respondent’s Case is $1,000. (This does not include additional fees payable to the LawNet & CrimsonLogic Service Bureau.)
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Supplemental core bundle of documents (if any) | You may file a supplemental core bundle of documents if you intend to refer to any document in the respondent’s Case or at the appeal, and such document is not included in the appellant’s core bundle of documents. Please note that you should not exhibit duplicate documents in the supplemental core bundle of documents if such documents are already included in the appellant’s core bundle of documents. A fee of $10 is payable for every page in excess of 100 pages. |
Appeals Information Sheet | This is to be completed using Form 27, Appendix A, Supreme Court Practice Directions (as in force immediately before 1 April 2022) and is to be filed and served along with the respondent’s Case. |
You should file the relevant documents via eLitigation. If you are representing yourself, visit the LawNet & CrimsonLogic Service Bureau to file. Please ensure that the correct document code is selected for the filing of all documents on eLitigation.
You must serve the relevant documents for the appeal on the appellant within the prescribed timelines in the revoked Rules of Court (as in force immediately before 1 April 2022). This means giving them a copy of the document in any of the ways set out in Order 62 Rule 6 of the revoked Rules of Court (as in force immediately before 1 April 2022).
Please refer to “Points to note for appeals”.